1 A long time after that, when the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had grown old and advanced in years,

After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,

2 J oshua summoned all Israel, their elders, heads, judges, and officers, and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced in years.

3 A nd you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; for it is the Lord your God Who has fought for you.

You have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.

4 B ehold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, with all the nations I have cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea on the west.

Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

5 T he Lord your God will thrust them out from before you and drive them out of your sight, and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you.

Yahweh your God will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. You shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.

6 S o be very courageous and steadfast to keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning not aside from it to the right hand or the left,

“Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left;

7 T hat you may not mix with these nations that remain among you, or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them.

that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;

8 B ut cling to the Lord your God as you have done to this day.

but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.

9 F or the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day.

“For Yahweh has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.

10 O ne man of you shall put to flight a thousand, for it is the Lord your God Who fights for you, as He promised you.

One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.

11 B e very watchful of yourselves, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.

12 F or if you turn back and adhere to the remnant of these nations left among you and make marriages with them, you marrying their women and they yours,

“But if you do at all go back, and hold fast to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;

13 K now with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations from before you; but they shall be a snare and trap to you, and a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.

14 A nd behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. Know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one thing of them has failed.

“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.

15 B ut just as all good things which the Lord promised you have come to you, so will the Lord carry out every evil upon you, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you.

It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,

16 I f you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, if you serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land He has given you.

when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then Yahweh’s anger will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”